In Kyrgyzstan 37% of the population is below the poverty line
Date: 12:28, 18-03-2015.
Almaty. March 18. Silkroadnews - 37% of Kyrgyzstan's population is below the poverty line, the poor make up more than 2%, reports KyrTAG.
"According to research by 2013, 37% of Kyrgyzstan's population lives below the poverty line. Among these, the poor make up more than 2%, compared with 2012 growth of 1.6% "- reported the Chairman of the National Statistical Committee Akylbek Osmonoliyev at the plenary session of Parliament on Wednesday.
According to him, the cost value of the general poverty line last year amounted to 27 thousand 768.5 som per year per capita, extreme poverty - 16 thousand 249.1 som.
